Assembly

Assembly is a shipbuilding simulation game where you design spaceships to satisfy quirky customers from across the galaxy!

Controls:

Left Mouse Button - used to interact with nearly all menus in the game.

Right Mouse Button - when your cursor is over a subsystem and this button is pressed, that subsystem will be removed from the ship.

Escape - opens the pause menu.

How to Play:

Your goal is to build as many ships as you can that fit the customers' requests.

The current ship request is displayed in the top left of the screen. This includes valuable information such as the required ship class (destroyer, corvette, etc.), whether or not the customer wants weapons installed on their ship, faster than light capabilities, autonomous, and more. Use this window to decide what ship class you want to submit and what subsystems you want to add to the ship.

Clicking the "Select Ship Class" will allow you to select the ship class you'd like your design to be based on.

When you've selected a class, you'll see a few white boxes appear under the "Subsystems" panel at the bottom.

Left-clicking on any of these will bring up a list of all the subsystems you can add to this ship. These each have specific properties and functions.

• Weapons: If the customer is requesting an armed ship, add at least one of these.
• Reactors: These power your ship. You'll want to make sure power consumption is never more than power output!
• Shield generator: These subsystems generate shielding for the ship, protecting against different types of weaponry.
• Armor: Customers may want different armor types. These help protect ships from damage when shields fail (or aren't present).
• FTL drive: Adding this component will lend your ship faster-than-light travel capabilities.
• Thrusters: All ships need these to maneuver in space. Some come equipped with the ability to penetrate the atmospheres of planets.
• AI: If the customer wants an autonomous ship, this is a subsystem you'll need to add.

You can right-click a subsystem to remove it from your design.

Once you're ready to submit the design, press "Submit Design" at the top and you'll be rewarded if your design fulfills the requirements. If you failed to meet the customer's requirements, a small popup will appear and show you what you missed. There is currently no win condition within the game.

If you go into debt and fail another contract afterwards, the game is over!

This is a prototype, so there isn't really much to do in the game right now. Please feel free to post any bugs and feedback in the comments!

Enjoy!